Books with author Sage Murphy

Sex or lunch, what would you do, six days in a row? If you dont find the baby soon, will she freeze to death? It appears to be a single gunshot wound directly under the chin; should we assume suicide or possibly foul play? It appears the grandfather had a heart attack and fell through the glass storm window. Do we remove the body before the young grandkids show up? Its against rules but we cant allow the childrens last memory of grandpa to be crumpled and bleeding. Is that a gun in his hand or is that a cell phone? Its too dark, but the call was a man with a gun! If youre right youre a hero. If youre wrong you go to the morgue. These decisions are made on a daily basis if you are a Chicago Police Officer. Hopefully youre right. If youre wrong not only do you suffer but your family does as well. No police officer wants to make a split second decision but at times thats all you have.

Sex or lunch, what would you do, six days in a row? If you don't find the baby soon, will she freeze to death? It appears to be a single gunshot wound directly under the chin; should we assume suicide or possibly foul play? It appears the grandfather had a heart attack and fell through the glass storm window. Do we remove the body before the young grandkids show up? It's against rules but we can't allow the children's last memory of grandpa to be crumpled and bleeding. Is that a gun in his hand or is that a cell phone? It's too dark, but the call was a man with a gun! If you're right you're a hero. If you're wrong you go to the morgue. These decisions are made on a daily basis if you are a Chicago Police Officer. Hopefully you're right. If you're wrong not only do you suffer but your family does as well. No police officer wants to make a split second decision but at times that's all you have.

Sally Ride: Female Astronaut is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.1 and Literacy.L.2.1e. Readers follow the life of Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into outer space, through full-page color photographs along with narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with “Sally Ride: The Sky's the Limit" (9781477724514) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.

Looking Up by Sally Murphy is a moving story about family, forgiveness and the stars. Pete lives with his Mum. His dad lives far away and, as far as Pete knows, that's all the family he has. Until one day, just before Pete turns ten, a birthday card arrives in the mail with stars on the front and signed 'Love, Grandad'. Mum reveals the card is from her own father, but when she won't give Pete more information he decides to locate this mysterious Grandad for himself. Pete and his best friend Tyler use the phone book to find Grandad and even visit his home. When Grandad insists they need Mum's okay to meet, Pete spills all to Mum. Lying on the trampoline and looking up at the stars together, Mum tells Pete how she and Grandad haven't talked since she was seventeen. Her mother had died in a car accident and in their grief they each blamed the other for it, though it really wasn't the fault of either of them. Mum agrees to let Pete meet Grandad. On his tenth birthday, Pete visits Grandad and is thrilled to discover they share a passion for the night sky. In fact, Grandad used to be an astronomer and has an incredible telescope. Finally, Mum joins Pete and Grandad on the back deck to watch the stars all together.

Pete lives with his mum. His dad lives far away and, as far as Pete knows, that's all the family he has. Until one day, just before Pete turns ten, a birthday card arrives in the mail with stars on the front and signed 'Love, Grandad'. Mum reveals the card is from her own father, but when she won't give Pete more information he decides to locate this mysterious Grandad for himself. Pete visits Grandad and is thrilled to discover they share a passion for the night sky. Looking Up is a moving story about family, forgiveness and the stars.